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Heart complications

Heart complications: Introduction

Further information about Heart complications is below, or review more specific information about these types of Heart complications: Fatal heart damage or other types.

Heart complications: Any complication that relates to the heart. See free access online books about Heart complications below. See detailed information below for a list of 14 causes of Heart complications, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Heart complications

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Causes of Types of Heart complications:

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Heart complications: Symptom Checker

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Heart complications

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Diagnostic Guides for Heart complications

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Heart complications from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Heart complications. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Heart complications

Medical Books Excerpts
  • CHEST PAIN
  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
  • Chest Pain
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
  • Chest pain
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
  • Chest Pain
  • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
  • Chest pain
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
  • Chest Pain, Atypical
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
  • Chest pain
  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
  • Chest pain
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
  • Chest Pain
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
  • Chest pain
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
 

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Heart complications: Self Assessment Tools

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Heart complications: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Misdiagnosis and Heart complications

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It is altogether too common for people to die from undiagnosed heart attack, or from delaying too...read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something...read more »

Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations and rapid heartbeat. In...read more »

Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become concerned that a condition is a heart...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure. The "cuff" around the arm to measure blood pressure can simply be too...read more »

Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more likely in children....read more »

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Drug interactions causing Heart complications:

When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react causing Heart complications as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

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Detailed list of causes of Heart complications

The list below shows some of the causes of Heart complications mentioned in various sources:

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How Common are these Causes of Heart complications?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Heart complications. Of the 14 causes of Heart complications that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 2 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 1 causes are "common" diseases
  • 3 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 0 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 3 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 12 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 14 causes of Heart complications

Conditions listing complications: Heart complications:

The following list of conditions have 'Heart complications' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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  • Amyloidosis ... heart complications

    B

  • Beriberi ... heart complications
  • Bornholm disease ... heart complications
  • Bronchopulmonary dysplasia ... heart complications

    D

  • Diabetes ... heart complications

    E

  • Encephalitis ... heart complications

    G

  • Graves Disease ... heart complications

    P

  • Polyarteritis nodosa ... heart complications

    R

  • Reye's Syndrome ... heart complications

    S

  • Scleroderma ... Heart complications
  • Sickle Cell Anemia ... heart complications

    T

  • Trichinosis ... heart complications
  • Type 1 diabetes ... heart complications
  • Type 2 diabetes ... heart complications

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  • Causes of Heart complications Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Heart complications based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

  • Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?

    Classifications of Heart complications:

    Subtypes of Heart complications:

    Fatal heart damage

    Medical Conditions associated with Heart complications:

    Heart symptoms (2438 causes)

    Symptoms related to Heart complications:

    Chest pain (785 causes), Chest tightness (120 causes), Angina (30 causes), Heart symptoms (2438 causes), Myocardial infarction (1 cause), MI, Myocardial ischemia, Coronary artery disease, Atherosclerosis (11 causes), Hypertension (255 causes), Angioplasty, Angiography

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